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Split vacation deal generating server and efficient split deal generating methods

a technology of vacation deal and split deal, applied in the field of electronic booking, can solve the problems of not allowing the materiality of such publications and patent documents to be patentable, and achieve the effect of reducing the number of vacation deals

Active Publication Date: 2022-10-25
SPLITTY TRAVEL LTD
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The present invention relates to a system and method for finding attractive hotel booking splits that are near optimal with regards to a target function, such as minimal total fee for a desired hotel stay under limited amount of price quote requests that comply with a look-to-book policy. The system uses a decision tree classifier or a sampling approach to query online whether a requested split is likely to provide lower cost for the requested stay compared to the full date range query for price. The system also filters the queries based on selected brands or hotels to increase the look-to-book ratio. The technical effects of the invention include improved efficiency in finding optimal hotel booking splits and reduced costs for customers.

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Materiality of such publications and patent documents to patentability is not conceded.

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embodiment 1

[0030]A method performed by a split vacation deal generating server including at least one processor, the method comprising:

[0031]for at least one user's request provided to the split vacation deal server by at least one end-user and requesting an offer for a vacation deal including stipulating a vacation time period:[0032]i. sending queries in plural batches in series, thereby to define a sequence of batches sent one after another rather than in parallel, each batch including at least one query and wherein at least one query pertains to at least one possible split of the end-user's stipulated time period into shorter time periods and wherein at least one batch is sent, via at least one API, to at least one data supplier server having at least one policy limiting at least one current aspect of the at least one data supplier server's interaction with the split vacation deal server;[0033]ii. storing at least one response, received via at least one API from at least one specific data s...

embodiment 2

[0046]A method according to any of the preceding embodiments, and also comprising: v. for at least one individual user request response generated by the combining, for which the end-user has provided an acceptance message to the split vacation deal server and for which at least one of the at least two responses was provided by the cache rather than by an external supplier, corroborating the individual user request response by sending at least one query corresponding to the at least one response provided by the cache and including a specific external supplier's ID, via an API to the data supplier identified by the ID.

embodiment 3

[0047]A method according to any of the preceding embodiments, wherein at least some queries corresponding to at least some splits are sent to the internal cache and if responses to at least some of the queries are available in the cache, at least some of the queries are not sent to any data supplier server.

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Abstract

Provided is a split vacation deal server sending queries in plural batches in which at least one batch is sent, via at least one API, to at least one data supplier server. The at least one data supplier server may include at least one policy limiting at least one current aspect of the at least one data supplier server's interaction with the split vacation deal server.

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REFERENCE TO APPLICATIONS[0001]Priority is claimed from U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62 / 197,060 entitled “Methods and process for composing price-reduced hotel bookings”, and filed on Jul. 26, 2015 and from PCT / IL2015 / 051249 “System and method for optimizing utilization of a population of underutilized physical facilities . . . ”, filed Dec. 23, 2015.FIELD OF THIS DISCLOSURE[0002]The present invention relates generally to electronic booking and more particularly to electronic processing of vacation deals.BACKGROUND FOR THIS DISCLOSURE[0003]Conventional external vacation booking suppliers include expedia.com; booking.com and many more online platforms.[0004]KAYAK.com has hotel search software functionality. The corporate website at the following link: http: / / www.kayak.com / featureHelp / splitbooking describes that: “Sometimes you can save by splitting your booking between two sellers. For example, you want to stay at a hotel from Monday to Friday. One site offers a cheaper ra...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G06Q10/00G06Q10/02G06Q50/12G06Q50/14G06Q30/06G06F16/951
CPCG06Q10/02G06Q10/025G06Q30/0623G06Q50/12G06Q50/14G06F16/951G06Q10/00G06Q30/0222
Inventor HOROVITZ, SHAYSHUST, ERANWORTZEL, AVRAHAM
Owner SPLITTY TRAVEL LTD